Four problems related to engine shut off without warning have been reported for the 2017 Kia Motor Sorento. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Kia Motor Sorento based on all problems reported for the 2017 Sorento.
Was driving from work to home. (approximately a 10 mile trip. ) there was no indication of engine trouble or any warning lights on at all. About half way my car began to rumble and not shift. Now an engine light indicates along with an oil pressure gauge. As I find a safe place to pull over my car shuts down. There was no prior indication that my car needed oil or service.
On October 10 2019 my wife was driving the kids to school in our 2017 kia Sorento and before she could get out of the neighborhood the car started to jerk uncontrollably and lost all acceleration before it cut off. She then tried to restart the car several time but was unsuccessfully it it starting back up before it stalled out. After the car was left alone for a while I went out to the car and it started back up and seemed like it drove fine. We did not take it to the dealership that time. After that my wife said that she felt the vehicle was not driving like it should. She said that you basically had to floor it for it to get up to cruising speed. Approximately 6 weeks later my wife started to have more problems with the vehicle. She stated that the acceleration problem was very noticeable and was scaried that it was going to stall out again before she could get home that day. She was able to get home safe that time. Later on that day she had to go back out and she said that it started up fine and drove fine until with out warning it just shut off while she was driving in the middle of business intersection. The car started up just fine once it shut off and my wife drove it to a nearby parking lot where it sat until it was towed to the dealership. The dealership has had the vehicle about 3 weeks now and are unable replicate the problem. The dealership said that they have done everything possible to see if there was a problem with the car. Since they cannot replicate the problem and there is no codes then they think that the vehicle is fine. Sin e the car cut off on my wife twice in six weeks she is scared to drive the car in fear that it will shut off on her again. This is a major safety concern that needs to be addressed by kia. I am not the only one complaining about this problem with this car this could have very easily resulted in a major accident.
On 3/24/2019, our 2017 kia sorrento with 30k miles on completely shut down on the freeway. All lights went on and off, the car shook from side to side and the car shut down we lost steering and power brakes while we were going 70mph on the freeway. Luckily we were able to get to the side of the freeway. This happened 2 more times and then we had the car towed to a dealership for service. This could have easily caused a life threatening car accident and we no longer feel safe driving this kia. Now the service dealer is not able to replicate this incident which has happened to others we are reading about so then the dealership says, "no issue. " this car has been recalled for this exact issue (although not our VIN apparently). This is our first and last experience with the kia - very disappointing. We bought the top of the line kia because it was rated so highly for safety but now we are not even comfortable driving it. My children were in the car and lives could have been lost.
I was driving my 2017 kia Sorento about 30mph early today going about 30mph when all of a sudden I heard a loud clunk from the rear end and the engine, all lighting, electrical, power steering and brakes just shut off. I was able to coast to a stop put the car in park. I then restarted it and it was fine. The dealer could find nothing wrong with it. This is very dangerous. What happens if I am going 70 mph and the car shuts down like this. Since the dealer could not duplicate the event there is no solution.